Jesse Lumsden was born on August 3,1982 and is a Canadian Olympic and world champion bobsledder and a retired Canadian football player, who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders.
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Jesse Lumsden attended Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario and Nelson High School in Burlington, Ontario, and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Jesse Lumsden had a standout career at McMaster where he won the Hec Crighton Trophy in 2004 and was invited to the East-West Shrine Game.
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Jesse Lumsden was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks in 2005, but was released shortly thereafter.
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In 2009, Jesse Lumsden signed with the Edmonton Eskimos, but he sustained a season-ending shoulder injury in their opening game.
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On May 5,2010, Jesse Lumsden was released by the Eskimos.
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Jesse Lumsden signed with the Calgary Stampeders on a practice roster agreement midway through the 2010 season, and was activated in October.
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Jesse Lumsden was timed consistently around 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash during his playing career.
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Jesse Lumsden took part in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics as a member of Pierre Lueders' bobsleigh team; he was the brakeman in the two-man sled that won the Canadian National Bobsleigh championships at the Whistler Sliding Centre, March 21,2009.
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On January 27,2010 Jesse Lumsden was named to the 2010 Canadian Olympic bobsleigh team where he and driver Pierre Lueders finished fifth both in the two-man and in the four-man bobsleigh events.
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Jesse Lumsden became partners with Lyndon Rush at the beginning of the 2012 season and the duo won their first World Cup Gold medal together in the two-man event on February 3,2012.
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In 2013 Jesse Lumsden allowed Rush to win the overall World Cup two-man bobsleigh title.
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Jesse Lumsden finished 7th overall in the 2-man Bobsled competition, finishing 1.4 seconds behind the leader through 4 heats.
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In June 2024 Jesse Lumsden was appointed high performance director of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton, the national governing body for bobsled and skeleton, after spending four and a half years in the business world with Neo Financial.